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Who's Florida's Greatest Football Coach? There are plenty of candidates.
There are lots of winners in the preps, colleges and pros, but who should be considered the greatest football coach in state history?
We have highlighted our top 32 contenders...

HOOVER, Ala. — Steve Spurrier is turning into Bobby Bowden right before our very eyes.
Spurrier became a septuagenarian in April and is now the oldest coach in Southeastern Conference history. But in an ironic change of plans, he has called a career...

HOOVER, Ala. — New University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain showed up at his first Southeastern Conference Media Days in his traditional no-socks attire on Monday.
For Gator Nation, this was a welcome change from former coach Will Muschamp,...

HOOVER, Ala. -- As the annual Southeastern Conference Media Days get under way today on the outskirts of Birmingham, repeat after me: What I am about to read is not a ranking of the best coaches in the SEC's past or even the SEC's present; it is...

DAYTONA BEACH — It's no secret television has been a boon for everybody associated with sports — fans, athletes, coaches, commissioners and, of course, the billionaires who own and operate sports teams and leagues.
Television networks pay sports...

Former UCF football coach Gene McDowell will be honored with an endowed scholarship in his name this fall, according to the school's sports administrators.
The UCF McDowell Endowment Fund is expected to be given annually to an incoming football player. A...

Many of my buddies who are diehard sports fans always give me grief because I am not an avid supporter of any one team.
They root for the Seminoles and Gators and Dolphins and Bucs and Yankees and Red Sox, and I root for nobody. They mock me when I...

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Prediction: Former coach Stan Van Gundy could very well cost the Orlando Magic a chance to hire their potential future coach — Tom Thibodeau, who many believe will not be back with the Chicago Bulls next season.
My good...

Sadly, there seems to be an idiotic fringe of Florida State fans who are so myopic in defending Jameis Winston and their program that they have turned on the very man who created that program.
The ugly, venomous comments being made on fan message...

If you didn't know better, you'd think Bobby Bowden said Jameis Winston should be sent to Guantanamo Bay. If you've ever played "Telephone," you should know better.
That's the game where somebody whispers a message to the person next to them....

What are Florida State fans to do now that Bobby Bowden, their most beloved legend and a man I believe is the greatest coach in college football history, has called Jameis Winston an "embarrassment."
Many FSU fans have blindly...

Marketing has never been something I've been particularly interested in, but I believe I have come up with three excellent recruiting slogans for Jimbo Fisher.
You ready?
1. Florida State: The place where we turn high school recruits into NFL draft...

TALLAHASSEE — Telvin Smith was a wreck.
He nervously dialed Jimbo Fisher's phone number from the Burger King parking lot in his hometown of Valdosta, Ga., still unsure of what he was even going to say to FSU's newly appointed head coach.
It was National...

Is it finally time to say those mournful, melancholy words?
"Bye-bye, Billy."
Before he leaves – if he leaves – we should all take the opportunity to tell him thanks for making college basketball in this state matter for as long as he did.
...

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New University of Florida football coach Jim McElwain recently took over a downtrodden program, interest among his fan base might be at an all-time low, the offensive talent he inherited is abysmal and one of his most...

Once upon a time — back before the NBA made Magic here and the MLS turned us into an Orlando City — we were literally and figuratively a Renegade professional sports town.
We were a barren wasteland of sports nothingness with no teams to root for and...

You can change the clocks, but only in soccer does time stand still.
Luckily for Orlando City and its fans, they needed every secret second available for a quirky kick to turn Sunday into a merry and memorable MLS debut.
A 1-1 tie might not go over so...

Let's settle this once and for all.
In the wake of Florida Gators basketball coach Billy Donovan becoming the second-youngest coach in history to reach the 500-win plateau over the weekend, I'm going to ask the question I've asked before in this space:...

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Because Danica Patrick seems to crash anytime Denny Hamlin (or anyone else, for that matter) gets close to her, I think NASCAR needs to begin work immediately on some form of high-tech force-field technology.
Here's how...